Hermes Wearing a Cone Again

**emily_the_spoiled** · 10-23-2009, 02:04 PM

(Yes, but Shirley insisted he was a she, so that is what I told the vet when I took him in to be spayed. Boy did they get a laugh from that one

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There is no way you could have known that allergies might be causing the problem until you received the biopsy results back. Now it is just a matter of finding out the allergen is and then hopefully things will be resolved.

**krazyaboutkatz** · 10-25-2009, 05:24 PM

I'm sorry to hear that he's having more problems again.

My Pearl is allergic to grains and if she eats them then her lips and chin will break out. She has Eosinophilic Granuloma Complex which can be caused by different things but in her case it was her diet. I've been feeding everyone Innova Evo for several years now and all of my cats are doing well on it. Hermes may even be allergic to the brown rice in his food. I hope you'll be able to find out what's causing this. Good luck.

**cassiesmom** · 10-25-2009, 07:24 PM

A prayer for Hermes, for healing and relief from the itching ... would the vet allow you to put a little hydrocortisone cream on the area, so it won't itch?

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/...ng&cid=9436164

**columbine** · 10-25-2009, 07:30 PM

Smudge is another who can't have grain - that was ONE source of his itching - plus he gets an antihistamine in his food, and now a steroid dabbed in his ear! Some cats are just really allergic. (I joke with the vet that he's allergic to humans!) But for what it's worth, between the gourmet food, the chlorpheniramine, and the transdermal prednisolone, he's now so comfortable that - at age 13 3/4 - he can finally enjoy having his chin rubbed because it doesn't disturb a painful minefield of scabs.

Love, Columbine

**Medusa** · 10-26-2009, 06:47 AM

When I switched from Purina Cat Chow to Purina Cat Chow INDOOR Formula, that's when my Creamsicle's allergies started. I seem to recall someone telling me that the Indoor formula has more coloring in it and that could be what she is allergic to. It may be the same w/Hermes. Problem is that I was also told that it could take up to 12 weeks before all the allergens are completely out of her system, so you may have to wait a while before you see any result. Good luck w/this. I know how frustrating it can be.

**Anikaca77** · 10-26-2009, 07:31 AM

Thank you so much!

Originally Posted by cassiesmom

A prayer for Hermes, for healing and relief from the itching ... would the vet allow you to put a little hydrocortisone cream on the area, so it won't itch?

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/...ng&cid=9436164

**Anikaca77** · 10-26-2009, 07:38 AM

Columbine-

That's interesting about the grains too. The vet said we can do an allegery test on him to find out exactly what he's allergic to. I'm going to call the vet this morning to get the prices, the vet told us there are 2 type of tests one tests only does certain things and the other one does certain things so we image will run both tests.

For now though we switched him on the California Natural Chicken and Brown Rice food and we'll see what happens.

Thanks,
Melissa

Mary-

I will keep that in mind about the problem taking 12 weeks to clear up. I noticed that coloring in the Purina Cat Chow Indoor Formula, but now we are feeding our guys the California Natural Chicken and Brown Rice and everyone seems to agree with it and hopefully Hermes isn't allergic to anything inside of that food. Thanks

Melissa

We took off Hermes cone on Friday evening and he's left his head alone since so hopefully he won't scratch it open again.